Is it possible to get a programming job without a degree? This is one of the most common questions I hear from developers. When I first started out my career as a software developer, I didn’t have a degree. I took my [ read more...]
Over the past few months, I taught myself machine learning. I did this without a MOOC (massive open online course), like Coursera or edX, and without a book. I used only the magic of a few YouTube videos, several blog posts, GitHub, [ read more...]
Apps (short for applications) were introduced to the world via the iPhone in 2007. In 2008, the Apple App Store was opened, and anyone could create apps. A market had opened that could generate developers enough income to give up their day [ read more...]
Learning to code is a journey. Recently, on a trip to Morro Bay, California, my wife and I went stand-up paddleboarding, and I noticed a lot of similarities between paddleboarding and programming. So, the rest of this article is a metaphor for [ read more...]
Passion for your work can make the difference between a workday that flies by and one that crawls. And passion can keep you working hard and honing your craft. But how do you discover this kind of devotion and interest? I didn’t [ read more...]
Telling the computer what to do is fun, but have you ever wondered how you can simply tell the computer one thing and it extends to another thing? I mean allowing the computer to make future executions without having to wait for [ read more...]